A cat that went missing from a Pooler home on the Fourth of July has been located in California and is on his way back home.

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Updated: 8:33 PM EST Dec 17, 2017

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WEBVTT THAT MADE A "BE-LINE" OUT OF TOWN IS ALMOST BACK HOME IN POOLER AFTER TAKING A TRIP ACROSS THE COUNTRY! NOW THE OWNERS OF "KITTY BITTY" SAY THEY'RE GLAD THEIR FAMILY MEMBER IS SAFE AND ALMOST BACK HOME ...AFTER TRAVELING ALL THE WAY TO CALIFORNIA!3"ARE YOU GOING TO BE SO EXCITED WHEN HE COMES HOME?" "YES!" "WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?" "GIVE HIM A GREAT, BIG HUG,"A HUG LITTLE EVA WARD HAS BEEN WAITING TO GIVE HER CAT KITTY BITTY SINCE JULY 4TH. THE CAT WHICH WOULD SOMETIMES HANG OUT OUTSIDE RAN AWAY FROM ITS POOLER HOME ON INDEPENDENCE DAY AND HADN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE."WE POSTED UP SIGNS ALL OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND PUT IT ON FACEBOOK AND TRIED TO FIND THE CAT,"AND TERESA CAMERON HELD OUT HOPE THAT KITTY BITTY WOULD RETURN ONE DAY SOON.TRYING TO COMFORT HER WORRIED DAUGHTER."SHE WOULD SAY, 'I'M WORRIED ABOUT KITTY BITTY,' AND I'D SAY, 'WELL, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT CATS WILL DO, YOU KNOW?' BUT THEN WE GOT THE CALLFROM SOMEBODY IN CALIFORNIA AT THE PEPSI PLANT WHO SAID THEY HAD KITTY BITTY!"THE CAT LIKELY HITCHED A RIDE ALL THE WAY TO CALIFORNIA ON A PEPSI TRUCK AT SOME POINT.RIVERSIDE COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES IN CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN TAKING CARE OF THE CAT SINCE IT WAS FOUND THIS WEEK."WE HAVE NO IDEAWHAT THIS CAT HAS BEEN THROUGH FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS. HE'S STILL STANDING AND HE'S STRONG AND HE'S GOING HOME,"THE ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICIALS TREATED "KITTY BITTY" FOR DEHYDRATION BUT HE'S DOING FINE NOW.AND SOON EVA WILL BE REUNITED WITH HER LITTLE BROTHER AGAIN."SHE IS OVERJOYED.SHE IS OVERJOYED. SHE WAS VERY EXCITED WHEN I TOLD HER THAT WE HAD FOUND KITTY BITTY,"3RIVERSIDE COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES EMPLOYEES ARE FLYING "KITTY BITTY" BACK TO GEORGIA IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. TERESA CAMERON SAYS SHE'S GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THEIR HELP AND SHE DOESN'T PLAN TO

Missing Pooler cat found in California to return home soon

A cat that went missing from a Pooler home on the Fourth of July has been located in California and is on his way back home.

A cat that went missing from a Pooler home on the Fourth of July has been located in California and is on his way back home.

Teresa Cameron says her family cat, which used to spend some time outside, ran away from her Pooler home on the Fourth of July.

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“We posted up signs all over the neighborhood and put it on Facebook and tried to find the cat,” said Cameron.

Eva Ward, Cameron’s five-year-old daughter, was devastated.

“She would say, ‘I’m worried about Kitty Bitty,’ and I’d say, ‘Well, you never know what cats will do,’” Cameron said.

However, this week, the family received the call they had been waiting for.

“We got the call from somebody in California at the Pepsi plant who said they had Kitty Bitty!” said Cameron.

An employee at a Pepsi distribution plant in Riverside County, California had seen Kitty Bitty’s tag and was able to call the family in Pooler and let them know the cat was safe. Pepsi employees then took the cat to Riverside County Animal Services. Riverside County Animal Services officials say the cat likely entered a Pepsi truck and made the trip across the country on the vehicle.

Riverside County Animal Services officials say Kitty Bitty was dehydrated and underweight when he arrived to the facility, but he is doing okay now.

Now, Riverside County Animal Services employees have put their money together to fly the cat back to Georgia. Kitty Bitty should arrive in Atlanta in the coming days, much to the delight of the entire family, especially Eva Ward.

“She is overjoyed. She was very excited when I told her that we had found Kitty Bitty because randomly every other day she would be like, ‘I wish Kitty Bitty would come home. I miss Kitty Bitty,’” Cameron said.

Cameron also says she is grateful for everything Riverside County Animal Services has done. She also says she doesn’t plan to let Kitty Bitty out of the house anymore.